Weston man gets probation for homemade silencer

6:36 PM,
Oct. 9, 2013

Written by

Kevin Murphy
For Gannett Central Wisconsin Media

A Weston man who posted a Facebook video of himself using a homemade silencer on a rifle was ordered Wednesday to serve three years of federal probation and fined $1,000.

Jason M. Trempe was arrested by federal authorities after they were alerted to the video and found the silencer and legal firearms in his home during a search in October 2012.

Both Trempe's attorney and Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter Jarosz agreed that Trempe, 30, didn't build the silencer with evil motives in mind. Instead, Trempe was driven by an inherent curiosity about mechanical devices and a fascination with guns to make ...